Smiles

I can't find the "laughter is..." section but these aren't the greatest laughs anyway. Just a couple of gentle smiles to start the day.

NYT had an article about scientists who were trying to show that cockroaches could be good models for robots that crawl through rubble to locate victims. Scientists at University of California, Berkeley, were commenting on the extraordinary abilities of the American cockroach. At the end was the usual "No cockroaches were injured in these experiments. We ran and flew them before and after the measurements and there was no difference in performance." The reporter then closed his story with "Besides, who wants to hurt a cockroach? :-) (New York Times Large Print Weekly, 15 Feb. 2016)

A closer to home smile: I registered at a science magazine web site for their newsletter. An instant email asked me to "click here" to confirm my email address. I clicked "here" and received a second email of congratulations. Fine? Nope. The next day I received a third email telling me that, when I registered, I forgot to include my email address and should please "go here" and do so. Huh?

If that isn't enough, even Schrodinger's cat is getting into the act. An explanation of Schrodinger's experiment says the experiment was imaginary and "no animals were harmed". ("50 Physics Ideas" by Joanne Baker)

Re: Laughter IS the best medicine! (Jokes, Humor, Cartoons!)

One Day there were two blondes trying to unlock their car. One blonde was trying to unlock the car with a clothe hangar, out of nowhere rain clouds were coming out into the sky, The blonde that was doing nothing said " hurry up and unlock the car the rain is coming and the top of the car is down."

Re: Laughter IS the best medicine! (Jokes, Humor, Cartoons!)

One day two blondes are hanging out and they see that it is time to go home. So they both go to the car and see that the keys are inside and they have no way to get inside. The one blonde finds a hangar and bends it in a way to where she could unlock the car. All of a sudden dark clouds overlap the sky and the blonde doing nothing says hurry up and unlock the car the top is open.

Re: Laughter IS the best medicine! (Jokes, Humor, Cartoons!)

One day two blondes are hanging out and they see that it is time to go home. So they both go to the car and see that the keys are inside and they have no way to get inside. The one blonde finds a hangar and bends it in a way to where she could unlock the car. All of a sudden dark clouds overlap the sky and the blonde doing nothing says hurry up and unlock the car the top is open.

Re: Laughter IS the best medicine! (Jokes, Humor, Cartoons!)

Yes in context you are right, but if you are a little sick, laughter is the best medicine. If you are really sick, medicine is the best medicine. And of coarse, if you are really, really sick? Back to laughing.

Yes in context you are right, but if you are a little sick, laughter is the best medicine. If you are really sick, medicine is the best medicine. And of coarse, if you are really, really sick? Back to laughing.

The same can be applied if you somehow change the definition of sick = to how bad your circumstances are. When life all goes to hell sometimes, there is nothing left to do but laugh at how ridiculously bad things are.

Re: Laughter IS the best medicine! (Jokes, Humor, Cartoons!)

A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Canberra.Nothing was moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window.

The driver rolls down the window and asks, "What's going on?"

"Terrorists have kidnapped the entire Lower House and Senate at ParliamentHouse, and they're asking for a $100 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, theyare going to douse them all in petrol and set them on fire. We are goingfrom car to car, collecting donations."